Afterwards, write your own review of this episode. Make a compelling argument for why or why not the reader should watch/like it. It’s up to you which you choose to do: persuade or dissuade. Around 200 words or so. Post as a comment to THIS post.

Read this movie review (“Arrival”) published in The New Yorker, here: CLICK ME

Afterwards, read the assignment posted below. In a comment on this post, include your answers to the questions posed (numbered in order).

OPTIONAL – For extra credit (brief, 3-4 sentences):

Choose one of your favorite movies and write a brief review of it. Following your review, write an explanation of the decisions you made about what plot information could be included and what information could not be revealed.

Include the extra credit review in the same post as your other previous responses.

After reading, consider the narrative tone of the piece. For example, the language used, what emotions it may have evoked in you. Did you find it funny? Think about what and how the article’s author accomplished this in terms of the language used.

Bring some ideas about this to class on Monday. Next week, we’ll start discussing writing styles, and why they’re important.